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1 Hello again. ^-^ This story is kind of a third part to ‘Moonlit
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2 Nights’ and it centers mainly around Diana and Momoko.
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3 Hopefully it will tie up some of the loose ends left from
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4 ‘Moonlit Nights’ 1 and 2. You don’t have to have read those
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5 before you read this, but it would probably help.
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6
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7 For those of you that don’t know some of these characters,
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8 here are some very brief descriptions (we’re using some parts
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9 from the manga in this, too, like Ruruna and Naruru)-
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10 Diana: She’s ChibiUsa’s guardian cat and comes from the
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11 future. She has a human form but she still has her tail as a
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12 human.
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13 Momoko: She’s a cute lavender haired Chinese girl who
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14 befriended ChibiUsa shortly after she’d first come to the past.
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15 Ruruna & Naruru: They’re two other friends of ChibiUsa’s,
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16 though Hotaru can’t seem to stand them. ^^ They only showed
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17 up once near the end of the manga, but they are fun to keep
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18 around. And yes they do say strange things like ‘Haaging’, so
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19 just remember we didn’t make that up. ^_-
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20
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21 We’d like to thank Eric because without him, we never would
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22 have been able to get this out for a long time. Thanks for
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23 everything, Eric. ^-^
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24
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25 We’re working on a couple other stories right now, so
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26 hopefully we’ll be able to get them out soon. We did manage
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27 to finish a very short Card Captor Sakura fic, but its pretty
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28 depressing. ^^; We’re about halfway through a much happier
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29 Card Captor Sakura story about now. If you’d be at all
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30 interested in reading any of those, please e-mail us. Or if
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31 you’ve got any ideas for a Card Captor Sakura fic. ^^
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32
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33 We’d love to hear what you think of this story and we’d love
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34 to hear any ideas you all have for any other stories we could
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35 do. Please e-mail us at:
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36 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
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37
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38 Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is owned by the great Naoko
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39 Takeuchi and Toei Animation.
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40
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41 Please enjoy the story. ^-^
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42
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43 Illusions
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44 by
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45 The Amazoness Quartet
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46
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47 "Over here, Momo-chan!" a familiar voice yelled
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48 to Momoko. She smiled and looked up to see her
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49 friend ChibiUsa already waiting for her outside the
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50 gate with Ruruna and Naruru. Relief washed over her
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51 as she exited the school grounds and made her way
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52 over to her friends. ChibiUsa waved cheerfully to her
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53 as she approached.
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54
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55 "I'm glad that's finally over with," Momoko said
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56 as she started walking along with the other girls.
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57
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58 "Yeah. All those tests the week after the dance."
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59 ChibiUsa sighed. "I'm sure I didn't pass most of
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60 them."
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61
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62 "We shouldn't worry about it," Naruru said. "Its
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63 Friday, so we've got all weekend to forget about
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64 the week."
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65
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66 "Sounds good to me," Ruruna said. "That gives me
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67 time to talk to my boyfriend about not being able
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68 to go anyplace last weekend because of the dance.
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69 What are you two going to do?"
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70
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71 "Not much," Momoko said. She was glad that it was
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72 the weekend, but she really didn't feel like doing
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73 anything. It had been a week, but her mind kept
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74 being drawn back to the mysterious girl she'd met
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75 at the dance. Every time she closed her eyes, she
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76 saw her. When she fell asleep, she would dream of
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77 what had happened. And she could swear it felt like the
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78 other girl was right at arms length at times.
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79
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80 "Hotaru and I are going shopping and then we're
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81 going to see a movie." ChibiUsa smiled.
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82
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83 Naruru and Ruruna stared at her for several moments.
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84 "You're the only one she acts that way around, you
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85 know," Naruru said.
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86
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87 "What way?" ChibiUsa asked.
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88
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89 "All happy and excited. Blushing a lot. Buying you
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90 things," Ruruna said.
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91
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92 "That's because I'm always short on money," ChibiUsa
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93 countered the only excuse she could think of.
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94
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95 "How she gets so jealous over you, how she
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96 walks with you to school," Naruru continued.
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97
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98 "Those weird looks she gives you," Ruruna and Naruru
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99 said simultaneously.
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100
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101 ChibiUsa blushed a deep crimson hue. Momoko said
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102 nothing, having seen ChibiUsa kiss the dark haired
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103 girl in question already.
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104
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105 "She's my best friend," ChibiUsa said defensively.
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106
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107 "I don't know. It seems kinda strange to me," Naruru
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108 said. "I heard a rumor that she's a lesbian. Could be
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109 why she stays around you so much, ChibiUsa. She
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110 probably likes you."
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111
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112 "But that's a rumor," ChibiUsa protested.
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113
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114 "Well, its not like you exactly discourage her, though.
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115 So of course she wouldn't have stopped," Ruruna added.
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116
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117 "It's just a rumor. You should ignore things like
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118 that," ChibiUsa said. Two arms wrapped around her from
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119 behind pulling her into a hug, startling the already
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120 nervous pink haired girl.
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121
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122 "Hi, ChibiUsa-chan. Sorry I'm late, but I forgot
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123 something back in class," Hotaru said happily as she
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124 let go of the other girl and held her hand. Ruruna and
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125 Naruru stared at ChibiUsa as if they'd proven their point.
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126
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127 ChibiUsa laughed nervously. "Where to next, everyone?"
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128 she asked, trying to change the subject.
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129
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130 "We're going back to Ruruna's house," Naruru answered.
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131
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132 "Yeah, so we'll probably see you later. We'll probably
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133 do some haaging before we get there though," Ruruna said
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134 as she waved to the other girls before she took off with
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135 Naruru.
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136
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137 "What does that mean again?" Hotaru asked her pink haired
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138 girlfriend.
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139
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140 "It means they're going to get some Haagen Dazs before they
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141 go home," ChibiUsa supplied.
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142
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143 "Ohhhh... I wish they'd just talk like normal people,"
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144 Hotaru said exasperated. She'd never liked the two girls
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145 much, but they were ChibiUsa's friends, so she tried to at
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146 least get along with them.
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147
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148 ChibiUsa laughed. "They aren't that bad, Taru-chan." She put
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149 her arms around the dark haired girl. Hotaru smiled as she felt
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150 ChibiUsa against her.
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151
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152 "Maybe not, but I'm still glad they're gone." Hotaru started
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153 leaning towards ChibiUsa as the other girl began to do the
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154 same. ChibiUsa stopped suddenly and slowly turned to stare
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155 in a certain direction. Hotaru followed her gaze and saw
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156 Momoko still standing there. The two girls pulled away and
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157 looked around nervously as their friend pretended not to
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158 have noticed anything.
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159
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160 "So, where should we go now?" ChibiUsa asked nervously.
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161
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162 Momoko decided to ignore what had just happened for the
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163 time being. She had to much on her mind to worry about her
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164 friend's relationship. She still didn't know what to say to
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165 ChibiUsa about it in the first place. And it really didn't seem
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166 like much of a big deal anymore. Not after she'd started
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167 realizing how she felt about Diana. She sighed before forcing
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168 a smile. "How about the Crown Fruit Parlor? We can go there
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169 before we decide what to do next."
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170
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171 ChibiUsa's eyes lit up while Hotaru sweat dropped, knowing
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172 she'd probably be paying for a large meal for the pink haired
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173 girl.
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174
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175 "Sounds great!" ChibiUsa said happily.
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176
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177 "Ok then. We'll find out what else we want to do once we get
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178 there," Momoko said. She was glad was glad that they were
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179 going to the Fruit Parlor. ChibiUsa would be distracted by the
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180 food while Hotaru was distracted by ChibiUsa, as she often
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181 was. It would give Momoko more time to think about things.
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182
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183 As the three girls continued walking, a gray kitten ran up to
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184 them.
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185
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186 "Diana!"
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187
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188 Momoko's head jerked up as she heard that familiar name. She
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189 quickly looked around for the beautiful girl. Her spirits sank
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190 as she realized it was ChibiUsa's kitten.
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191
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192 ChibiUsa picked up the kitten and placed it on her head, as
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193 she often did. "Do you want to go with us?" she asked.
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194
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195 Diana meowed in response. ChibiUsa giggled as the kitten
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196 tried to get more comfortable on her head. Momoko and
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197 Hotaru stared at ChibiUsa for a moment, the other girl
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198 seeming to find nothing strange about the kitten riding on her
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199 head.
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200
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201 Diana kept shyly stealing glances at Momoko as they began to
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202 walk again. She'd been meeting ChibiUsa everyday after
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203 school that week so she could see her lavender haired friend.
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204 After learning that the other girl liked her, she tried to see
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205 her as often as possible. Diana had a crush on Momoko for
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206 a long time and it felt so good to know the other girl liked her.
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207 Unfortunately, she hadn't been able to tell Momoko how she
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208 felt.
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210
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211 Momoko sat quietly in thought while petting the gray kitten
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212 curled up in her lap. She barely noticed the other two girls
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213 talking to her. She was having trouble concentrating because
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214 her thoughts kept returning to the mysterious girl at the dance.
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215 She finally brought her attention back to Hotaru and ChibiUsa
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216 when she noticed them stand up.
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217
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218 "We're sorry, Momo-chan," Hotaru apologized. "We promised
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219 Setsuna-mama and Michiru-mama that we'd go shopping with
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220 them today. We're going to be late if we don't get going soon.
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221 I can't believe I forgot."
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222
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223 "Don't worry about it," Momoko said, feeling a bit relieved
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224 that she'd have time to think by herself.
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225
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226 "You could come with us if you want," Hotaru offered
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227 hopefully.
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228
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229 "No. Thanks anyway, but right now I don't really feel like
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230 going anywhere," Momoko declined.
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231
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232 "Okay. Call me tonight then," ChibiUsa said.
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233
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234 "ChibiUsa..." Hotaru began.
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235
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236 "Oh yeah. Nevermind. Call Hotaru's house tonight. I'll be
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237 there." ChibiUsa smiled at her friend as she stood up.
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238 ChibiUsa and Hotaru waved to her as they walked off.
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239
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240 Momoko sighed. She saw them hold hands as soon as they
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241 thought they were out of sight. 'I was so shocked when I found
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242 out that they were together. But now... I don't know. Am I
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243 jealous of them?' She sighed again and took a sip of her drink.
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244 'At least they have each other. I just want to see Diana again.'
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245 She blushed deeply as she thought of the other girl. 'How
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246 could I be in love with her? I only met her the night of the
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247 dance. Then why do I feel like I've known her for years?
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248 She seemed so familiar.'
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249
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250 Momoko gently pet the sleeping kitten on her lap. Diana
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251 purred happily. "Oh! ChibiUsa forgot to take Diana with her."
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252 She picked Diana up and quickly went out the door, trying to
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253 catch up to her friends. She looked around as crowds of people
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254 passed by on the busy streets obscuring her view. "She said
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255 she'd be at Hotaru's house tonight. I guess you can stay with
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256 me until then." She lifted the kitten up to her face.
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257 "How does that sound?"
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258
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259 Diana meowed happily and licked Momoko's cheek. The
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260 lavender haired girl giggled. "Okay then. I could use some
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261 company right now anyway."
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262 The kitten looked back at her happily, purring. Momoko
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263 walked away from the cafe with the kitten in her arms and no
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264 real destination in mind.
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265
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266 "Where should we go Diana?" Momoko asked.
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267
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268 'She's asking me? I have to come up with a nice place for us to
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269 go then. Just don't say anything stupid,' Diana thought to
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270 herself. "We could..."
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271
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272 Before Diana could finish, Momoko turned around swiftly.
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273 She looked around to see who the voice belonged to. "Hello?"
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274
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275 Diana sweatdropped. "Oh no,' she thought. 'I'm a cat. I'm not
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276 supposed to talk. Good going.' Diana meowed nervously,
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277 hoping Momoko would forget about the voice.
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278
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279 "That was strange." Momoko shrugged and continued
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280 walking. "Can't think of anything, can you? Let's go home
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281 then. I'll take you to ChibiUsa later tonight." Momoko smiled
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282 as she heard Diana meow in agreement.
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283
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284 'Why am I talking to a cat so much? Probably because I hear
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285 ChibiUsa talk to her so much. And its comforting in an odd
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286 way. I don't have to worry about what I say to her. And its
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287 nice to have someone to talk to about Diana.' Momoko
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288 scratched the kitten's chin and started off for home.
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290
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291 Momoko unlocked the door to her house and let herself in.
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292 She knew her parents were both gone for the night and that
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293 was fine with her. She'd rather be alone for the moment. Her
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294 mother had noticed her strange behavior lately and had asked
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295 her about it. She had tried to tell her mother it was nothing, but
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296 she didn't believe her.
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298 Momoko sighed wearily as she walked into her room, setting
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299 down her backpack before sitting on the bed. "Why is this
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300 getting to me so much? I've never felt like this before," she
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301 said aloud. She slumped backwards onto the bed staring at the
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302 ceiling.
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303
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304 The little gray cat cat crawled onto the lavender haired girl's
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305 lap. Momoko giggled. "Thanks, kitty. I'm glad you're here."
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306 Diana purred as Momoko began petting her. "Why'd Diana
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307 have to leave?" she asked, not expecting an answer.
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308
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309 'Because you noticed my tail,' Diana thought sadly.
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310
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311 "I still don't know what was going on. That whole night was
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312 pretty strange," Momoko closed her eyes, trying to remember
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313 every small detail of the night of the dance. How pretty Diana
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314 had been. How it felt when they were dancing. How she'd
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315 forgotten her whole reason for being there while dancing with
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316 the other girl.
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317
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318 Diana silently watched the lavender haired girl as she lay deep
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319 in thought. Her eyes darted over Momoko's lovely features.
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320 Diana blushed as she continued looking at the other girl. She
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321 stood up on Momoko's lap and walked across the other girl so
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322 that her face was right above Momoko's. Her paw gently
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323 stroked Momoko's cheek. The lavender haired girl didn't seem
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324 to notice. Diana sighed longingly. Without thinking, she
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325 leaned forward and tried to kiss Momoko.
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326
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327 Momoko's eyes opened suddenly. Diana jumped back. "I'm so
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328 sorry!" Diana blurted out.
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329
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330 Momoko stared wide eyed at the kitten. Diana stared back at
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331 her. "I'm sorry," she repeated. Momoko abruptly fainted.
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332
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333 Momoko blinked several times. What had happened? Dim
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334 light filtered through her open window, making her wince.
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335 She'd been unconscious for a while.
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336
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337 "Are you okay?" she heard a voice ask worriedly. She could
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338 barely make out the figure sitting near her on her bed. She
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339 blinked again, trying to make out who it was. She bolted
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340 upright when she saw it was the girl she'd met a week ago,
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341 Diana.
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342
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343 "Diana!? What are you doing here?" Momoko asked, shock
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344 and joy mixed in her voice.
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345
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346 Diana thought for a moment before answering. "Well, its kind
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347 of hard to explain." Diana remembered how she'd left the
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348 dance after Momoko had noticed her tail. She tried desperately
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349 to keep it behind her to hide it from view. 'Why do I have to
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350 keep my tail in my human form? Mom and Dad don't have
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351 tails when they're humans. It's not fair. Especially with
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352 Momoko. How am I supposed to explain it to her?' she
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353 thought.
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354
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355 "I'm.. I'm glad you're here," Momoko said shyly. 'Why am I so
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356 nervous right now? This isn't like me at all.'
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357
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358 'Is she blushing?' Diana asked herself. 'Could it be because of
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359 me?' she thought happily. 'Now's my chance to tell her how
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360 I've felt about her for so long. She said she... she said she
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361 loved me when she was talking to my kitten form. But what if
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362 she knows that the kitten and the girl are both me. Would she
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363 still have said that about my human form? I'm so nervous. I
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364 don't know what to say. How can I explain things to her?
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365 What would she think?'
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366
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367 'She's here. I don't know how, but she's here,' Momoko
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368 thought. 'That's what I've been wanting all week, to see her
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369 again. So why can't I think of anything to say to her?'
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370
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371 Both girls sat nervously, unsure of what to do.
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372
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373 Momoko suddenly turned to Diana. "Why did you leave the
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374 dance? I've felt bad about that for the past week."
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375
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376 Diana looked away from the other girl. "I just had to leave..."
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377
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378 "Diana, I've been so confused about things for the past week. I
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379 just found out something surprising about some friends of
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380 mine that I'm still trying to deal with, and all these things
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381 about you and the dance. I don't know if I can handle anymore
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382 secrets or lies. Please, can we tell each other the truth about
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383 everything?" Momoko pleaded.
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384
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385 Diana wanted to agree with her, but there were so many things
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386 she didn't know how to explain. "Things are a lot more
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387 confusing than you think."
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388
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389 Momoko shook her head. "I don't care. I want to know."
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390
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391 Diana sighed. There were so many things she wanted to tell
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392 Momoko. And Momoko did want to know. It seemed to fit
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393 perfectly. Diana took a deep breath before replying. "Okay,
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394 but this is all pretty strange. You have to promise that you'll
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395 believe me."
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396
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397 Momoko stared at her for a moment. 'What could be so
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398 strange?' she thought. "Okay, I promise."
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399
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400 Diana smiled nervously. "Good. Well, I should probably start
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401 at the beginning. You should make yourself comfortable. Its a
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402 long story."
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403
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404 Momoko looked on, interested in what the other girl had to
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405 say. Diana started by trying to explain where she came from.
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406 Momoko looked on in disbelief as Diana told her about her
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407 home in the future. She went on to tell how she came back to
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408 the past as ChibiUsa's guardian and how she'd met Momoko
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409 because she was ChibiUsa's friend. Diana continued on, trying
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410 to explain most of what had happened up to that point.
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411
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412 Momoko sat silently for a moment, completely unsure of what
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413 to say. "But how could you have known me for so long? I
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414 didn't meet you till last week," she finally said, not mentioning
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415 the stranger parts of Diana's story. She wanted to believe
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416 Diana, but what she said couldn't be real.
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417
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418 "Well, that's not exactly true. You've met me, you just didn't
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419 recognize me," Diana explained.
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420
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421 "Trust me. I'd recognize you anywhere," Momoko reassured
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422 her.
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423
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424 "I didn't really look the same, though," Diana said nervously.
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425 Momoko stared at Diana oddly. Diana sighed. "I know this is
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426 all hard to believe. I shouldn't have said anything. Its just that I
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427 really wanted to tell you. I wanted you to know. I didn't want
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428 to hide anything from you, Momo-chan." She looked down
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429 sadly.
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430
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431 Momoko didn't know what to do. Diana was disappointed that
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432 she didn't believe her. But it all sounded so unbelievable. She
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433 wanted to say something comforting to the other girl, but she
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434 couldn't think of anything.
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435
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436 Suddenly Diana looked up at the lavender haired girl. "Wait! I
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437 can prove it. If this is possible, then the rest is. Then you'll
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438 believe me," she said happily.
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439
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440 Momoko sweatdropped at Diana's enthusiasm. "That's good..."
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441 She had no idea what Diana could mean. She didn't think
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442 anything could prove Diana's bizzare story. Diana hesitated for
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443 a moment. It had ended her night with Momoko at the dance
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444 and now she was hoping it would prove she was telling the
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445 truth. She sat up on her knees and turned to the side slightly to
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446 show her tail. "See? I'm a Sailorchibimoon's guardian cat. I
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447 offer advice and help when I can."
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448
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449 Momoko looked at Diana's tail for a moment. She reached out
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450 and grabbed it to see if it was real. She instantly let go when
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451 the tail moved in her hand. "A tail?" Momoko continued to
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452 watch as Diana moved it behind her.
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453
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454 "Yeah," Diana said quietly, a little embarrassed about
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455 Momoko's reaction to it. "I'm the only one that keeps my tail
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456 in human form. My mom and dad don't have their's when
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457 they're humans."
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458
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459 "Human form?" Momoko asked, still shocked by the other
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460 girl's tail. It felt so real, like when she'd been petting the kitten
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461 earlier. This was all too confusing. None of this was making
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462 any sense. Momoko paced back and forth for a second in a
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463 vain attempt to say something, anything, in the midst of all
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464 this. "What's going on?" she asked as she turned around. The
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465 other girl was gone. In her place was ChibiUsa's kitten, sitting
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466 exactly where Diana had been a moment ago.
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467
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468 "Hi!" The kitten said, smiling up at Momoko.
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469
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470 Momoko took a step back. This was really starting to freak her
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471 out. "You talked," she barely managed to say.
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472
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473 "Of course I did," the kitten said teasingly. "This is what I was
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474 talking about. This is my cat form."
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475
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476 "Diana?" Momoko knew that the girl she'd met and ChibiUsa's
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477 kitten were both named Diana, but she hadn't realized the
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478 significance of that till now. "You're her?"
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479
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480 The kitten nodded. "Yeah. That's my human form." She stuck
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481 out her tongue. "I told you. And I am from the future."
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482
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483 Momoko blinked a couple times. She felt faint. This just
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484 wasn't possible. Cats didn't talk. And girls didn't have tails or
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485 change into cats. Then again, she had been attacked by a
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486 lemure who was after her dream mirror a couple years back.
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487 She'd been saved by Sailormoon and Sailorchibimoon. So
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488 strange things had happened to her before. This wasn't too
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489 much stranger, was it?
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490
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491 "Momo-chan?" Diana asked, still in her kitten form. "Are you
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492 okay?"
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493
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494 "I'm... I'm fine," Momoko said. She sat down on the bed by
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495 Diana. Momoko and the kitten sat in uneasy silence for a
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496 moment. As Momoko thought about what this meant if Diana
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497 was ChibiUsa's kitten, a sudden realization donned on her.
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498 "Diana, if you're the kitten I've been talking to, then you were
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499 here in my room the night of the dance, right?"
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500
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501 "Yeah," Diana said reluctantly.
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502
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503 "Then you heard what I said about your human form?"
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504 Momoko said nervously.
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505
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506 Diana didn't say anything for a moment. "Yes," she said
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507 quietly. Momoko blushed deeply and looked away. A hand on
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508 her arm turned her around to face Diana, now as a human.
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509 "You don't know how much it meant to me when I heard you
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510 say how you felt about me. I've been in love with you for so
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511 long, but I never said anything because you only thought I was
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512 a kitten. That night, dancing with you, talking, hearing you say
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513 you loved me, was the best night of my life." Diana smiled
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514 brightly, her eyes misting up with tears. Momoko looked on in
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515 alarm. "I'll always remember that night. But you didn't know
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516 who I really was. That wasn't fair of me. Arigato, Momo-
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517 chan." Diana stood up and wiped some tears from her eyes
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518 before turning to leave.
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519
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520 Momoko got in front of Diana before she could reach the
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521 door. "Diana, wait." She put her hands on the other girls
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522 shoulders and looked deep into her eyes. "What I said that
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523 night, I meant all of it. You're right, I didn't know that the
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524 kitten I was telling it to and the girl I was talking about were
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525 the same person, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't change
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526 anything. I meant every word of it, Diana. I love you." Diana's
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527 mouth opened slightly, but nothing came out. She couldn't
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528 think of anything to say. She didn't have to. Momoko pulled
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529 Diana closer and kissed her. Diana gasped as she felt the
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530 lavender haired girl's lips pressed against her own. Momoko's
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531 eyes closed as she felt Diana kissing her back. Both girls
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532 were nervous about what lay ahead, but they felt safe in each
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533 others' arms and that was all that mattered.
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534
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535
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536 Epilogue:
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537
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538 *******
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539
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540 ChibiUsa and Hotaru plopped back down on the soft bed in
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541 Hotaru's room. ChibiUsa had bought a beautiful new dress and
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542 hair bows for herself. She'd even bought a new ribbon for her
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543 kitten. It was purple with two cute bells for Diana. Then the
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544 realization hit her like a tidal wave. She bolted up off the
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545 bed and stared at Hotaru with wide eyes.
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546
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547 "What is it ChibiUsa?" she asked worried that something was
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548 wrong.
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549
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550 "Diana! I forgot Diana at the Crown with Momoko!" she
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551 yelled with a hushed harsh tone. She jumped up to run to the
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552 door and was stopped by Hotaru's hand.
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553
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554 "It's been three hours Odango-chan," Hotaru whispered, "Do
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555 you really think that Momoko and Diana are at the Crown at
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556 this time?"
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557
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558 "No but I can go to Momoko's. I'm sure Momoko wouldn't let
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559 her stay at the Crown by herself!"
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560
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561 "But..." They would have continued the little conversation if
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562 Michiru hadn't knocked on the door just then.
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563
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564 "ChibiUsa there's a girl at the door wanting to speak to you.
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565 She's seems very distraught." ChibiUsa stared at the elder
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566 senshi and then she looked at Hotaru. They both bolted for the
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567 door and dashed down the stairs in record time. They where
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568 greeted by the vision of Momoko holding Diana in her hands
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569 they both turned to each other and then they to Momoko.
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570
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571 "Small Lady who is this girl?" Haruka asked clasping her arm
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572 around Michiru's waist. She pulled Michiru closer and looked
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573 at Hotaru and ChibiUsa with a parental glare.
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574
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575 "My name is Momoko, and I am ChibiUsa and Hotaru's
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576 school friend. I do know how late it is but you see they forgot
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577 Diana and I wanted to give her back. I also wanted to talk to
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578 them very briefly." Harkua nodded her approval but didn't
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579 let ChibiUsa and Hotaru know that they where off the hook.
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580 She ushered Michiru into the next room leaving the girls
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581 alone.
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582
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583 "Thank you for caring for Diana for me Momo-chan,"
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584 ChibiUsa said reaching for Diana. She was surprised when the
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585 kitten didn't jump into her arms. Instead the kitten remained
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586 with the lavender haired girl purring contently. She looked
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587 to ChibiUsa and said with a very serious glaze.
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588
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589 "She already knows about me Small Lady."
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590
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591 "Diana!" Hotaru exclaimed clasping a hand around her mouth.
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592 Momoko only smiled and nodded.
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593
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594 "Yes I know all about you Sailorchibimoon, Sailorsaturn."
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595 Momoko said, "It was a very long story but it was worth it. I
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596 can understand why you've kept it a secret. I’m just
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597 disappointed that you couldn't tell me a little sooner."
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598
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599 "But...but why Diana?" ChibiUsa stammered, "Do you know
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600 how much trouble you've just gotten us into? What danger
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601 you've put us in?"
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602
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603 "What danger?" Momoko asked, "I should of known, besides
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604 it shouldn't of been Diana that told me this. It should have
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605 been you and Hotaru. Why didn't you tell me you two were in
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606 love?" Hotaru took a step back and sat down in the couch.
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607
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608 "That's what bugs you the most?" she asked, "That Odango-
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609 chan and I didn't tell you we where in love? Not that we
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610 were...."
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611
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612 "Were what?" Momoko asked, "Sailor Senshi? No, that secret
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613 I understand. The being in love one I don't. I have been your
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614 friend for years now, ChibiUsa. You should have trusted me.
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615 Besides Diana and I have our own little secret we'd like to tell
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616 you."
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617
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618 "Secret?" ChibiUsa asked looking to Momoko and Diana.
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619 Searching their faces for the answer and coming up with
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620 nothing. She sat next to Hotaru and took her hand
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621 into her own.
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622
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623 "You tell them, Diana." Momoko said watching Diana leap off
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624 of her head and patter down to the floor. Then she saw Diana
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625 change into her human form, take her hand into her own and
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626 smile to ChibiUsa and Hotaru.
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627
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628 "We're an item!" she said with childish glee. Her face lighting
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629 up into a thousand little bulbs. The two girls sat in amazement,
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630 the whole ordeal not really registering.
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631
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632 "Momo-chan," Haruka's voice interrupted. "Would you like to
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633 stay with us tonight?" Hotaru looked to her parents in the
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634 doorway. The green-haired women and her blonde haired
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635 lover looking at the two couples, smiling happily.
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636
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637 "Here, Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama?" Hotaru asked. "But..."
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638
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639 "You have a true friend here Hotaru." Michiru said in her sing-
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640 song voice. "It isn't everyday you find someone in the same
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641 situation that you are both in. Or that understands the two of
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642 you so well. You have both found someone who is accepting
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643 you for who you are. For who you've become, it's a special
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644 gift. You should embrace it." Hotaru looked to ChibiUsa
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645 and felt a great weight lifted off of her. The dream of her not
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646 having to hide the fact that she was in love with ChibiUsa was
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647 coming true. She didn't have to hide in her own home, and
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648 now she didn't have to hide it from Diana and Momoko. She
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649 smiled with a beam and took ChibiUsa's hand into her own.
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650
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651 "Your right Michiru-mama," Hotaru said, kissing ChibiUsa in
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652 the forehead. "I am lucky."
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653
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654 **********
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655
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656 ChibiUsa and Hotaru sat along side each other while looking
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657 at Diana and Momoko holding hands and talking feverishly
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658 about the events that had brought them together. The story
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659 unfolding in a strange and happy conversation. They were
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660 still adjusting to the fact that they where free to be themselves
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661 amongst the two girls that had been their dear friends for so
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662 long. The feeling was soaring, but the change was also filled
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663 with surprises. ChibiUsa was met with more kisses then she
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664 could handle, and she was able to lay into Hotaru's embrace
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665 for longer periods of time then she was used to. The smiles on
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666 Diana and Momoko's faces, both pleased and happy, gave her
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667 an easy feeling.
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668
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669 'If I had known how different our relationship would after
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670 telling just a few people,' ChibiUsa thought, 'I would have
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671 done it a long time ago.' Hotaru smiled and kissed her again.
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672
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673 "ChibiUsa-chan," Momoko asked. "When are you going to tell
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674 Naruru and Ruruna?"
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675
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676 The End.
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